Read full poem →Nature forsakes this man-begot
And festering wilderness, and now
The long still hours are here, no jot
Dictionary Entry
To become septic; to become rotten.
Origin
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Common Phrases
sore festeringsores festeringwound festeringwounds festering. festeringmass festeringfestering still
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Poetry examples for “festering”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The thought I called a flower grew nettle-rough
The thoughts, called bees, stung me to festering:
Oh, entertain (cried Reason as she woke)
Read full poem →Forth from their masks, no matter what,
From the huge, festering trunk—from craft and guile and tears,
Health to emerge, and joy—joy universal.